diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba13d261..ab2beefe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <jdk.version>1.7</jdk.version>
+        <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
         <argLine></argLine>
     </properties>